Paul Blanshard
Paul Beecher Blanshard (August 27, 1892 - January 27, 1980) was a famous anti-Catholic bigot.[1] His works have been referred to as those of a "professional" bigot differentiating them from less literary, less sophisticated efforts such as those of Jack Chick. Blanshard's most notorious work is American Freedom and Catholic Power (1949). Other works of anti-Catholic bigotry include The Irish and Catholic Power (1953) and Kennedy presidency-obsessed work The Future of Catholic Power (1961).[2]
Blanshard's works were influential with Supreme Court justice Hugo Black.[3]
Contents
Early life
Paul and his twin brother Brand Blanshard[4] were born in Fredericksburg, Ohio, on August 27, 1892.[5]
He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914.[5]
Christian Socialism
While at university, he wrote about joining the ministry. Blanshard was a Christian socialist, but found himself more inclined toward the socialism and less toward the Christianity.
"During those college years I arrived at two decisions about myself. I would be a socialist and I would enter the Christian ministry. In retrospect, the first decision seems entirely natural, but the second decision was the worst blunder of my life."[6]
Career
Blanshard was editor for The Nation and special counsel and spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State.[7] He was also a member of the National Council for the League for Industrial Democracy, for the Rochester, New York area.[8]
Works
- An Outline of the British Labour Movement, (1923)
- Labor in southern cotton mills, (1927)
- What's the Matter with New York, (1932)
- Technocracy and Socialism, (1933)
- Democracy and Empire in the Caribbean, (1947)
- American Freedom and Catholic Power, (1949)
- Communism, Democracy, and Catholic Power, (1951)
- My Catholic Critics, (1952)
- The Irish and Catholic Power, (1953)
- The Right to Read: The Battle Against Censorship, (1955)
- God and Man in Washington, (1960)
- The Future of Catholic Power, (1961)
- Freedom and Catholic Power in Spain and Portugal, (1962)
- Religion and the Schools: The Great Controversy, (1963)
- Paul Blanshard on Vatican II, (1966)
- Personal and Controversial: an Autobiography, (1973)
- Some of my Best Friends are Christian, (1974)
- Classics of Free Thought, (1977)
See also
References
- ↑ Paul Blanshard, Writer and Critic Of Catholic Church, Is Dead at 87; 'Must Be Reckoned With' A Move to the Vatican, The New York Times
- ↑ "New and Old Anti-Catholicism", Harvard University
- ↑ Hugo Black and the Judicial Revolution
- ↑ Paul & Mary Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice, 1892-1980 & 1902-1965
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass: 1880
- ↑ Blanshard, Paul (1973). Personal and Controversial: An Autobiography. Beacon Press, 20.
- ↑ JFK’s ‘Religion Speech’. National Review (September 11, 2010).
- ↑ (1922) The challenge of waste, 2.
External links
- Notable American Unitarians 1936-1961, Paul Blanshard & Mary Hillyer Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice
